Grady Smith cleans out stay bolt tell-tale holes with a 3/16 inch twist drill bit. By regulation, tell-tales on the outer ends of rigid stay bolts must be free of obstructions, so that steam and w... (more)
The Last Prince of Washington: Just last year, eight of the Mount Washington Cog Railway’s 0-2-2-0s roamed up and down the face of the east’s tallest peak in northern New Hampshire. But today,... (more)
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to the Vale of Rheidol Railway. The 12-mile railway was originally constructed in 1902 to connect the lead mines to the sea. Since the 1930s, howe... (more)
The powerfull 2-6-2 tank engine Eb 3/5 9 was built by J.A. Maffei/München/Germany in 1910 for the Bodensee-Toggenburg-Bahn (BT). After electrification of the BT, she ran for the SBB from 1932 to ... (more)